Clorobody / Plantenstein

Speculative design

In a book Golem polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem criticise evolution. The way living organisms evolved, meaning abandoning gathering energy from light and turning to meat instead, was exposed as not so elegant solution, moreover most likely not the best one. What if we could make up for this mistake and imagine new ways of get energy.

The recent science discoveries are turning our attention towards the ability of animals to perform photosynthesis, a process which had till recently been attributed only to the plant kingdom.

Elysia chlorotica, a small snail living in sea evolved into forming special relationship with algae. This endosymbiotic

What if we could use this mechanism for making bio-printable chloroplastic tattoos or plant-based tissue garment. Those enhancments could give us an extra shot of energy.

Idea inspired by endosymbiotic relationships between plants and animals such us Elysia chlorotica or radiolarias.

I designed 3D hands with voronoi pattern as percepts manifestating concept of bio-printed tattoos.

*Project was developed during workshops in Copernicus Science Center lead by Amy Karle and initiated by American Arts Incubator